The Wild Dreams Tour or The Hits Tour, originally known as the Stadiums in the Summer Tour, is a concert tour by Irish pop vocal group, Westlife. It was first scheduled to begin on 17 June 2020 in Scarborough, England at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre.[1]
The tour was ultimately postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The band rescheduled their dates at Wembley Stadium, Cork, and Scarborough to 2022,[2] while the other 17 tour dates where cancelled. Their three shows in Singapore made them the first international group to perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium thrice in one tour. On 19 November 2022, band member Nicky Byrne was involved in a stage fall accident during the Glasgow concert. On 25 November 2022, band member Mark Feehily pulled out of the remaining shows of the UK and Ireland leg due to contracting pneumonia. He would rejoin the band for the 2023 legs except for five of its dates due to pulmonary complications that need an operation. On 14 August 2023, Westlife announced their first-ever tour dates in North America visiting Toronto, Boston, New York City, and Chicago the following year.[3] On 12 September 2023, Westlife announced their first-ever tour dates in India. On 26 September 2023, Westlife announced their first-ever tour date in Brazil and their first headlining concert tour in Mexico. Feehily announced he had been forced to pull out just 2 weeks before.
This concert tour also marks their most number of concert tour dates to date with 99 dates so far since their "Where Dreams Come True Tour" in 2001 with 82 dates. Band member Kian Egan added, "This is the largest tour ever in China for a western act".
Set list
This set list is representative of the 8 and 9 July 2022 shows at the Aviva Stadium. It does not represent all dates of the tour.
The Wembley Stadium show was shown live in cinemas across the UK, and Europe. Recorded filming and showing was also available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Westlife: Live At Wembley Stadium was also shown on ITV 1 on the 20th November 2022.
2.^ This concert sets a record for Westlife as the first international group to perform three nights at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
3.^ This concert was part of the Playlist Love Festival 2023.
Personnel
Vocals
Nicky Byrne
Kian Egan
Mark Feehily (absent after Manchester show until 2023 Asian leg due to pneumonia and absent during shows in Europe and Mexico from May to July 2023 due to recovery from surgery.).